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6. Which one is a feature of CDS?

  • Increased modifiers
  • Short/elliptical sentences
  • Complex sentences
  • Variety of tenses

7. Katherine Nelson states which category is most common for first words?

  • Personal/Social
  • Naming
  • Describing
  • Actions/Events

8. Which theory explains that language acquisition is part of a wider development?

  • Nativist
  • Cognitive
  • Behaviourist
  • Social Interactionist

9. Which one of Halliday's functions is "I batman"?

  • Imaginative
  • Heuristic
  • Regulatory
  • Personal

10. Which theorist claims children cannot be taught before they are ready

  • Jean Piaget
  • Katherine Nelson
  • Lev Vygotsky
  • Noam Chomsky

11. How would a child in stage 2 of Ursula Bellugi's negative formulation say "I don't want to wear shoes"

  • "No"
  • "I no wear shoes"
  • "I don't want to wear shoes"
  • "No shoes"

12. Which theorist observed children's play and linked it to cognitive & social development?

  • Lev Vygotsky
  • B.F Skinner
  • Katherine Nelson
  • Piaget

13. What is overextension?

  • The word's meaning is used correctly
  • The word's meaning is stretched
  • The word's meaning is reduced
  • The word's meaning is applied to completely different things

14. Which one of Halliday's functions is "get juice"?

  • Representational
  • Interactional
  • Regulatory
  • Personal

15. Which theory explains that language is acquired through imitation and reinforcement?

  • Behaviourist
  • Cognitive
  • Nativist
  • Social Interactionist